Over 600 children awaiting vital bone surgery

More than 630 children are currently on a waiting list for orthopaedic surgery at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin — a 19% increase on 2014, despite the use of a private hospital to try and reduce numbers.

Figures supplied by the Dublin hospital show 636 children on waiting lists as of September, including 367 on the in-patient waiting list and 269 on the day case waiting list.

Two years ago, there were 536 children on the waiting list.